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TIL: Norman Ernest Borlaug saved over a billion lives through improvements in farming

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1B9d TIL before World War I, most people did not have or need an identity document.
D1RPj TIL that dopamine is not the pleasure molecule. Instead, it is responsible for motivation, which is why drugs that affect the dopamine system are so addictive.
yZPX TIL the Austrian village of “Fucking” is particularly popular with British tourists. A local tour guide said: “The Germans all want to see Mozart’s house in Salzburg; the Americans want to see where The Sound of Music was filmed…but for the British, it’s all about Fucking.”
M9kV TIL that during the Cold War, the USSR mapped the entire world to precise detail. The U.S State Department still uses the maps today due to their accuracy
E16d TIL The second largest shareholder in News Corp is a Saudi Oil Billionaire..